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February 2019

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lia Chief Executive Officer Barry O'Farrell summed it up as "world class and revolu- tionary." "In the early stages, there was a bit of re- luctance among owners and trainers about training horses at Conghua, primarily be- cause of the distance from Hong Kong coupled with a fear of the unknown," said Bill Nader, director of racing business and operations of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. "But the early results have been so encour- aging that our impor tant stakeholders not only accept Conghua as a world-class training centre, they now embrace it." The site was built with the vision to take Hong Kong racing to the next level and to create a more spacious and relaxed train- ing environment for Hong Kong racehors- es, while still maintaining the longstand- ing principle that Sha Tin is the home base. Hong Kong is one of the world's most densely populated areas and the city's skyrocketing property prices mean that there is literally no place in Hong Kong to allow the Club to build additional training facilities. After searching for suit- able land for 20 years without success, the Hong Kong Jockey Club finally solved

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